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The Office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has scheduled hearings for growers to talk about concerns of unfair competition with Mexican products.

President Trump has signed into law a bill that adds agricultural inspectors and canine teams at border entry points to examine food imports.

Check out leading U.S. fresh produce imports for the last five years and longer-term charts of U.S. berry and avocado imports.

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement became effective July 1, but it brings no sweeping changes to North American produce companies who have operated with the NAFTA for more than two decades.

Now that the USMCA has begun, what can we say about the North American Free Trade Agreement?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering a web seminar on electronic filing requirements in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment.

U.S. fresh produce imports are exceeding expectations.

Customs and Border Production officers in Pharr, Texas, intercepted a commercial load of Mexican onions with $30.5 million worth of suspected methamphetamine in the trailer.

The Food and Drug Administration has set fiscal year 2021 fees for inspection relating to imports and third-party audits under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Michael Walsh, a commodity manager at Seald Sweet, is retiring after more than four decades in the produce industry.